CONTRIBUTORS

Giuseppe Ascia received hid degree in electronic engineering from the University of Catania, Italy, in 1994. In 1994, he joined the Institute of Computer Science and Telecommunications, the University of Catania, where he is now a Ph.D. student in computer science. His research interests include artificial intelligence, soft computing, and hardware architectures. Current address: Instituto di Informatica e Telecomunicazioni, University of Catania, V. Ie A. Doria 6,95125 Catania, Italy. Tel: +39-95-339449; Fax: +39-95-338280; e-mail: gascia@iit.unict.it.

Michele Borgatti received the Dr.Eng. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Bologna, Italy, in 1994. At the same year he joined the Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, the University of Bologna, where he is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering. His research interests include digital signal processing systems, multimedia portable applications, and speech processing and recognition. Current address: D.E.I.S., Universita di Bologna, viale Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy. Tel: +39-51-644-3556; Fax: +39-51-644-3073; e-mail: mborgatti@deisunibo.it.

Riccardo Caponetto received the electronic engineering degree in 1991 and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in 1995 from the University of Catania, Italy. Since 1994 he has been working as researcher at SGS-THOMSOM Microelectronics. His research interests include soft computing techniques and robotics. Current address: SGS-THOMSOM Microelectronics, Soft Computing & Multimedia Technologies Group, Stradale Primosole 50, 95121 Catania, Italy. Tel: +39-95-740-7681; Fax: +39-95-740-7694; e-mail: riccardo.caponetto@st.com.

Luis de Salvador Carrasco received the diploma degree in computer science in 1992 and the Ph.D. degree in 1966 from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. He is a computer engineer in the Technical Group on Hardware and Control in Spain's

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National Institute of Aerospace Technology. He is Assistant Professor in the Computer Science School of the European University of Madrid and in the Computer Science School of the Unl~rsity of Castilla-La Mancha. Dr. Carrasco works for the Synthetic Aperture Radar Program on signal processing and simulation. He is head-researcher of a project team on high performance fuzzy processors supported by the Spanish National Organization for R&D. He has been working as a guest scientist in the Institute of High Frequency Techniques, Germany. Current address: Laboratory of Hardware and Control, National Institute of Aerospace Technology, Ctra. Ajalvir km. 4 - Torrejon de Ardoz, 28850 Madrid, Spain. Tel: +34-1-520-1620; Fax: +34-1-520-1372; e-mail: salvadorla@inta.es.

Ramon Gonzalez Carvajal received the Ing. degree from the University of Seville where he is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering. His research interests include digital and analog implementations of fuzzy logic controllers and neural networks. Current address: Dpto. Ingenieria Electronica, Escuela Superior de Ingenieros Industriales de Sevilla, Avda. Reina Mercedes sin, 41012 Sevilla, Spain. Tel: +34-5-455-6878; Fax: +34-5-455-6849; e-mail: carvajal@gte.esi.us.es.

Vincenzo Catania received his degree in electrical engineering from the University of Catania, Italy, in 1982. Until 1984 he was responsible for testing microprocessor systems at SGS-Italy. Since 1985 he has been cooperating in research on computer networks with the Institute of Computer Science and Telecommunications, the University of Catania, where he is currently an Associate Professor of computer science. His research interests include performance and reliability assessment in parallel and distributed systems, VLSI design, and fuzzy logic. Current address: Instituto di Informatica e Telecomunicazioni, University of Catania, V. Ie A. Doria 6,95125 Catania, Italy. Tel: +39-95-339449; Fax: +39-95-338280; e-mail: vcatania@iit.unict.it.

Chao-Lieh Chen received the B.S. degree in information engineering from the Tatung Institute of Technology in 1993. Since 1994, he has been working toward the Ph.D. degree in information engineering at the National Cheng-Kung University in Taiwan R.O.C. His research interests include VLSI design, analog and digital circuit design, fuzzy neural network systems, and multimedia ASICs. Current address: Institute of Information Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, No.1 University Road, Tainan, 70101 Taiwan, R.O.C. Tel: +886-6-275-7575 ext 62520; Fax: +886-6-274-7076; e-mail: chencl@cad.iie.ncku.edu.tw.

Peter J. Crezowski received the B.Sc. and the M.Sc. degrees in computer engineering in 1990 and 1994, respectively, from the University of Manitoba. He is currently studying towards the Ph.D. in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. His current research interests are in systems/protocols design and modeling, and the application of computational intelligence techniques to telecommunication networks. Current address: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 5V6 Canada. Fax: +201-261-4639; e-mail: czezow@ee.umanitoba.ca.

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Jean-Pierre Deschamps received the MS degree in electrical engineering in 1967 from the University of Louvain, Belgium, the Ph.D. degree in computer science in 1982 from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in 1983 from the Polytechnic School of Lausanne, Switzerland. He has been working for several companies and universities, e.g., Philips Research Laboratories (Brussels), Spanish Center for Microelectronics (Barcelona), Autonomous University of Madrid. His research interests include ASIC design, embedded systems, and real-time systems. Current address: ISISTAN - Instituto de Sistemas de Tandil, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, San Martin 57, 7000 Tandil, Arge-ntina. Tel: +54-293-40363; Fax: +54-293-40362; e-mail: asictan@satlink.com.

Miguel A. Aguirre Echanova received the Ing. and Dr.lng. Industrial degrees from the University of Seville where he is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering. His interests include research on algorithms for placement, global routing for ICs and FPGAs. Current address: Dpto. Ingenieria Electronica, Escuela Superior de Ingenieros Industriales de Sevilla, Avda. Reina Mercedes sin, 41012 Sevilla, Spain. Tel: +34-5-455-6861; Fax: +34-5-455-6849; e-mail: aguirre@gte.esi.us.es.

Jorge Falco received the M.S. degree in electrical engineering in 1990 in Zaragoza, Spain, and made the European postgraduate course In Biomedical Engineering in Patra, Greece. Currently he is an Associate Professor at the Electronics and Communication Department, the University of Zaragoza. He is involved in projects with medical doctors. Also, he has been involved in several European projects and has been evaluator of such projects for the European Commission. His current research interests include technology for handicapped and elderly, and projects with electrical simulation and electro-physiological signals. Current address: Departamento de Ingenieria Electronica y Comunicaciones, Area Tecnologia Electronica, Centro Politecnico Superior, Madrid de Luna 3, Zaragoza 50015, Spain. Tel: +34-976-761936; Fax: +34-976-762111; e-mail: JFa1co@posta. unizar.es.

J. A. Felipe Fernandez holds an Electrical Engineer degree (1979) and Ph.D. in computer science (1986) from the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid. He is an Associate Professor of computer architecture and technology in the Departamento de Tecnologia Fotonica, Computer Science School, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid. From 1987 to 1988, Dr. Fernandez has been Conseiller Exterieur at the Institut National de Recherche en Informatique eten Automatique (INRIA), France, in the area of integrated parallel architectures. His current research interests include parallel architectures and formal design of systolic arrays. Current address: Departamento de Tecnologia Fotonica, Facultad de Informatica, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Campus de Montegancedo, 28660 Madrid, Spain. Tel: +34-1-336-7371; Fax: +34-1-336-7412; e-mail: ffernand@dft.fi.upm.es.

Alberto Ferrari pursued the Dr. Eng. and the Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering at the University of Bologna, Italy. In 1996 he has been a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, working

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on low power digital speech processor design. He recently joined the PARADES Research Laboratory in Rome. His research interests include design of digital fuzzy systems, digital signal processing, and reactive systems. Current address: PARADES G.E.I.E., via San Pantaleo 66, 00186 Rome, Italy. Tel: +39-6-688-07923; Fax: +39-6-688-07926; e-mail: aferrari@parades.rm.cnr.it.

Leopoldo Garcia Franquelo received the lng. and Dr.Ing. Industrial degrees from the University of Seville where he is currently a Professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE. Dr. Franquelo's research interests include applications of neural and fuzzy systems in industry and telecommunication, VLSI design, and electronic power systems. Current address: Dpto. Ingenieria Electronica, Escuela Superior de Ingenieros Industriales de Sevilla, Avda. Reina Mercedes sin, 41012 Sevilla, Spain. Tel: +34-5-455-6866; Fax: +34-5-455-6849; e-mail: leopoldo@gte.esi.us.es.

Alessandro Gabrielli graduated in physics at the University of Bologna in 1993. Currently, he is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Physics, University of Bologna, collaborating in the design and realization of high speed VLSI fuzzy processors for physics experiments. Current address: Physics Department, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy. Tel: +39-51-630-5075; Fax: +39-51-630-5297; e-mail: alessandro.gabrielli@sunvlsi4.bo.infn.it.

Enzo Gandolfi graduated in physics at the University of Bologna in 1968. Since 1980 he is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics, University of Bologna. Currently, he coordinates the Electronic and Cybernetic Laboratory. His research interests include fuzzy logic and microelectronics device design. Current address: Physics Department, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy. Tel: +39-51-630-5075; Fax: +39-51-630-5297.

Rafael de Jesus Navas-Gonzalez received the licenciado en fisicas degree from the University of Granada in 1987 and is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in hardware implementation of neuro-fuzzy controllers. Until 1993 he worked in IC design in the research laboratory of Fujitsu Espana S.A. Currently, he is a Teaching Asssistant in the Department of Electronics at the University of Malaga, Spain. His research interests include digital, analog and mixed-signal IC design, and neural and fuzzy logic controllers. Current address: Dept. of Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design, Centro Naciona1 de Microelectronica, Universidad de Sevilla, Edificio CICA, C/Tarifia sin, 410 12 Sevilla, Spain. Tel: +34-5-362-3811; Fax: +34-5-462-4506.

Shuwei Guo received the BS degree in physics from Wuhan University, China, the ME degree in electronic engineering from Hebei Semiconductor Research Institute, China, and the Dr.-Ing. degree in computer science from the University of Paderborn, Germany. Dr. Guo was with GMD-SET, German National Research Center for Information Technology, System Design Technology Institute. Currently, he is with Siemens AG, Munich, Germany. His research interests are fuzzy systems, fuzzy hardware, digitallanalog IC design, and mobile robots. Current address: Siemens AG, Munich, Germany.

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Julio Gutierrez holds a Telecommunications Engineer degree (1977) and Ph.D. (1981) from the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid. Since 1987, he is Professor of computer architecture and technology in the Departamento de Tecnologia Fotonica, Computer Science School, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid. From 1989 to 1992, Dr. Gutierrez was Deputy Director of the National Institute of Aerospace Technology, Spain. Currently, he cooperates with the Institute on behalf of the University as Head of the R&D program on Synthetic Aperture Radar and the Technical Group on Hardware and Advanced Control. His interests include research on fuzzy systems. Current address: Departamento de Tecnologia Fotonica, Facultad de Informatica, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Campus de Montegancedo, 28660 Madrid, Spain. Tel: +34-1-336-7371; Fax: +34-1-336-7412; e-mail: jgr@dft.fi.upm.es.

Yau-Hwang Kuo received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the National Cheng-Kung University in 1984 and 1988, respectively. Currently, he is a Professor in the Institute of Information Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, R.O.C. His research interests include intelligent computing systems, fuzzy neural networks, media processor design, object-oriented design, and interactive CATV service systems. Current address: Institute of Information Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, No.1 University Road, Tainan, 70101 Taiwan, R.O.C. Tel: +886-6-275-7575 ext 62522; Fax: +886-6-274-7076; e-mail: kuoyh@cad.iie.ncku.edu.tw.

Mario Lavorgna received a degree in theoretical physics from the University of Naples, Italy. He was involved in the field of cosmology with apin and torsion theory and in the study of integrated micro antennas on anisotropic materials. From 1987 he has been working for SGS-THOMSOM in the research group on Advanced Architecturs, on video coding for high definition systems, artificial intelligence, associative memories, neural networks, and fuzzy logic. In 1994 he was Fuzzy Logic Group Leader within Co.Ri.M.Me., the Consortium for Microelectronics Research between the University of Catania and SGS-THOMSOM. Currently, he coordinates the soft computing and multimedia technologies activities within SGS-THOMSOM Microelectronics on the definition of new methodologies and tools for innovative applications in the robotics and multimedia fields. Current address: SGS-THOMS OM Microelectronics, Soft Computing & Multimedia Technologies Group, Stradale Primosole 50, 95121 Catania, Italy. Tel: +39-95-740-7681; Fax: +39-95-740-7694; e-mail: mario.lavorgna@st.com.

Massimo Masetti graduated in electronic engineering at the University of Bologna in 1953. Currently, he is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics, University of Bologna, and coordinates the Fuzzy Logic Research Group. His research interests include microelectronics device design. Current address: Physics Department, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy. Tel: +39-51-630-5075; Fax: +39-51-630-5297; e-mail: masetti@ bo.infn.it.

Muid Mufti received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1995. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at the

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National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan. His areas of specialty include intelligent systems, fuzzy logic, fault detection and identification, and feature extraction techniques. His current areas of research are image compression and transmission, and multimedia. Current address: National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Luigi Occhipinti received the electronic engineering degree in 1992 and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in 1997 from the University of Catania, Italy. Since 1996 he has been working as researcher at SGS-THOMSOM Microelectronics. His research interests include neural networks, fuzzy logic, and design of analog and digital devices. Current address: SGS-THOMSOM Microelectronics, Soft Computing & Multimedia Technologies Group, Stradale Primosole 50, 95121 Catania, Italy. Tel: +39-95-740-7681; Fax: +39-95-740-7694; e-mail: luigi.occhipinti@st.com.

Witold Pedrycz is Professor of Computer Engineering at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. He is actively involved in research on fuzzy modeling, fuzzy control including fuzzy controllers, pattern recognition, knowledge-based neural networks, and relational computation. He has published numerous papers in the area of applied fuzzy sets as well as three research monographs, Fuzzy Control and Fuzzy Systems (1988 and 1993), Fuzzy Relation Equations and Their Applications to Knowledge Engineering (1988), and Fuzzy Sets Engineering (1995). Dr. Pedrycz is one of the Editors-in­Chief of the Handbook of Fuzzy Computation, a member of many program committees of international conferences, and serves on the editorial boards of journals on fuzzy sets (including IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, Fuzzy Sets and Systems) and pattern recognition (Pattern Recognition Letters). Current address: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 5V6 Canada. Fax: +201-261-4639; e-mail: pedrycz@ee.umanitoba.ca.

Liliane Peters received the Dipl.-Ing. degree in electrical engineering from the Technical University in Bucharest, Romania, and the Dr.-Ing. degree in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Aachen, Germany. Dr. Peters is a senior scientist at GMD-SET, German National Research Center for Information Technology, System Design Technology Institute. Her current research interests are soft computing based systems, especially fuzzy systems, mobile robots, and real­time aspects of computer vision. Current address: German National Research Center for Information Technology, System Design Technology Institute, Schloss Birlinghoven, D-53754 Sankt Augustin, Germany. Tel: +49-2241-142332; Fax: +49-2241-142598; e-mail: liliane.peters@dmd. de.

C. Hart Poskar received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering in 1991 from the University of Manitoba, the B.Sc. degree in mathematics in 1993 from the University of Winnipeg, and the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering in 1993 from the University of Manitoba. He is currently studying towards the Ph.D. in the

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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. His current research interests are in systems design, particularly parallel paradigms of software and hardware. He is interested in parallel processing, operating systems, wafer scale integration, stochastic processing, fault tolerance, and simulation methodology. Current address: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 5V6 Canada. Fax: +201-261-4639; e-mail: hpos@ee.umanitoba.ca.

Vipin K. Ramani received the B.S.E.E. degree in 1990 from the Aligarh Muslim University, India, and the M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. degrees in 1992 and 1996, respectively, from Georgia Institute of Technology. He is currently working in the Information Technology Laboratory at General Electric Corporate Research & Development. His research interests are in the application of artificial intelligence, intelligent control systems, diagnostics, and automated decision support systems using fuzzy logic, neural networks, rule and case-based reasoning. He is currently implementing these techniques to improve the functionality, efficiency and safety of complex industrial products such as GE aircraft engines, GE power generation systems, and GE medical imaging equipment. Current address: Information Technology Laboratory, General Electric Corporate Research & Development, Bldg. Kl, 5C5A, One Research Circle, Niskayuna, NY 12309, USA. Tel: +518-387-7423; Fax: +518-387-6845; e-mail: ramani@crd.ge. com.

Manuael DeJgado-Restituto received the physics degree in electronics in 1988 from the University of Seville, Spain, and the Ph.D. degree in nonlinear ICs for chaotic applications in 1996. In 1988 he joined the Department of Electronics and Electromagnetism at the University of Seville where he is a Research Assistant. He is also at the Department of Analog Circuit Design of the Centro Nacional de Microelectronica. His research interests include design and modeling of analog integrated circuits and nonlinear networks. Current address: Dept. of Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design, Centro Nacional de Microelectronica, Universidad de Sevilla, Edificio CICA, CITarifia sin, 41012 Sevilla, Spain. Tel: +34-5-362-3811; Fax: +34-5-462-4506.

Julio Gutierrez-Rios received the telecommunication engineering degree in 1977 and the Ph.D. degree in 1981, both from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, where he is currently Professor of Computer Architecture and Technology in the Computer Science School. From 1989 to 1992 he was Deputy Director of the National Institute of Aerospace Technology, and from 1993 he serves as Director of its Synthetic Aperture Radar Program and its Hardware and Advanced Control technical group. He has been working in the area of fuzzy systems hardware from 1988 and is the responsible researcher in a project on high performance fuzzy processors supported by the Spanish National Organization for R&D which involves the cooperation of six research teams. Current address: Facultad de Informatica, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Campus de Montegancedo, 28660 Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain. e-mail: jgr@dft.fi.upm.es.

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GianGuido Rizzotto received a degree in physics from the University of Milan in 1970, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Chicago University in 1977. He worked for two telecommunication companies, Telettra (Italy) and GTE Automatic Electric as Head of software development in Private Switching Division. He started his activity in semiconductors at Texas Instruments and then at National Semiconductor as Marketing Director of European Telecommunication Group. Since 1982 he is the Director of the Corporate Advanced System Architecture Group at SGS­THOMSOM Microelectronics. Current address: SGS-THOMSOM Microelectronics, Soft Computing & Multimedia Technologies Group, Stradale Primosole 50, 95121 Catania, Italy. Tel: +39-95-740-7681; Fax: +39-95-740-7694; e-mail: gianguido.rizzotto@st.com.

Riccardo Rovatti received the Dr.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Bologna in 1992 and 1996, respectively. His research interests include fuzzy theory foundations, learning and CAD algorithms for fuzzy and neural systems, and statistical pattern recognition. Current address: D.E.I.S., Universita di Bologna, viale Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy. Tel: +39-51-644-3556; Fax: +39-51-644-3073; e-mail: rrovatti@deisunibo.it.

Antonio Ruiz received the Computer Engineer degree in 1987 and the Ph.D. degree in computer science in 1994 from the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid. He is an Associate Professor of computer architecture and technology in the Departamento de Tecnologia Fotonica, Computer Science School, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid. In 1987, Dr. Ruiz worked in the Unix technical staff of NCR Corporation, Spain. His research interests include fuzzy logic hardware, hardware description languages, and CAD for electronic design. Current address: Departamento de Tecnologia Fotonica, Facultad de Informatica, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Campus de Montegancedo, 28660 Madrid, Spain. Tel: +34-1-336-7371; Fax: +34-1-336-7412; e-mail: aruiz@dft.fi.upm.es.

Francisco Colodro Ruiz received the Ingeniero and Doctor Ingeniero de Tele­comunicacion degrees from the Universities of Vigo and Seville, respectively. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering, the University of Seville. His research interests include digital and analog implementations of fuzzy logic controllers and neural networks. Current address: Dpto. Ingenieria Electronica, Escuela Superior de Ingenieros Industriales de Sevilla, Avda. Reina Mercedes sin, 41012 Sevilla, Spain. Tel: +34-5-455-6861; Fax: +34-5-455-6849; e-mail: pcolr@gte.esi.us.es.

Marco Russo received the degree in electronic engineering in 1992 and the Ph.D. degree in electronic, informatic, and telecommunications in 1996, both from the University of Catania, Italy. Since 1992, he works in the Institute of Informatic and Telecommunications, the University of Catania, where he is currently a researcher in computer science. Dr. Russo has published more than 60 research papers and is currently organizing, in collaboration with Professor T. Yamakawa, a session on Dedicated Hardware and/or Hybrid Learning for the First International Conference on Conventional Knowledge-Based Intelligent Electronic Systems (KES'97), to be

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held in 1997 in Adelaide, Australia. His research interests include soft computing, machine learning, rule generators, fuzzy applications, and fuzzy hardware. Current address: Instituto di Informatica e Telecomunicazioni, Facolta d'Ingegneria, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy. Tel: +39-95-339449; Fax: +39-95-338280; e-mail: mrusso@k200.cdc.unict.it.

Alfredo Sanz received the M.S. degree in electrical engineering in 1989 and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in 1994, both from the Electronics and Communication Department, the University of Zaragoza, Spain. Currently, he is a Professor in the Electronics and Communication Department, the University of Zaragoza. He is involved in several R&D European projects in TIDE, ACTS, and OMI and with some of the main European companies. His current research interests include fuzzy logic, domotic systems, and microelectronics. Current address: Departamento de Ingenieria Electronica y Comunicaciones, Area Tecnologia Electronica, Centro Politecnico Superior, Madrid de Luna 3, Zaragoza 50015, Spain. Tel: +34-976-761936; Fax: +34-976-762111; e-mail: ASMolina@ posta.unizar.es.

Antonio J. Torralba Silgado received the Ing. and Dr.Ing. Industrial degrees from the University of Seville where he is currently a Professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering. His research interests include computer-aided design, modeling and testing of analog circuits, and applications of neural and fuzzy systems in industry and communication. Current address: Dpto. Ingenieria Electronica, Escuela Superior de Ingenieros Industriales de Sevilla, Avda. Reina Mercedes sin, 41012 Sevilla, Spain. Tel: +34-5-455-6878; Fax: +34-5-455-6849; e-mail: torralba@gte.esi.us.es.

John Tombs received the Engineering Science degree and the Ph.D. from the University of Oxford. He is currently a Research Assistant in the Department of Electronic Engineering, the University of Seville. Dr. Tombs is a Member of the lEE. His research interests include analog VLSI, t;.lzzy logic, neural networks, and other learning systems. Current address: Dpto. Ingenieria Electronica, Escuela Superior de Ingenieros Industriales de Sevilla, Avda. Reina Mercedes sin, 41012 Sevilla, Spain. Tel: +34-5-455-6861; Fax: +34-5-455-6849; e-mail: jon@gte.esi.us.es.

George Vachtsevanos received the B.E.E. degree in 1962 from the City College of New York, the M.E.E. degree in 1963 from New York University, and the Ph.D. degree in 1970 from the City University of New York. Dr. Vachtsevanos has served at several universities in Europe and the US before joining the faculty of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology in 1984. He served as an advisor to the European Economic Commission and is a technical consultant for industry and government agencies. He has published several books and over 100 technical papers in scientific journals. Dr. Vachtsevanos' current research interests are in the area of intelligent control of large-scale dynamical systems, particularly the development of hybrid analytical/intelligent diagnostic routines and neuro-fuzzy based control algorithms and their application to complex industrial processes, unmanned vehicles, and medical signals and business/finance

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systems. He has been involved in the development of sensor fusion techniques and is currently investigating a class of neuro-fuzzy networks for application to identification and control problems. Current address: School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA. Tel: +404-894-9357; Fax: +404-853-9171; e-mail: gjv@ee.gatech.edu.

Angel Rodriguez-Vazquez received the degree of Doctor en Ciencias Fisicas from the University of Seville, Spain, in 1978. Since 1978 he has been with the Department of Electronics and Electromagnetism at the University of Seville where he is currently Professor of Electronics. In 1989 he joined the research staff of the Department of Analog Circuit Design at the Spanish Microelectronics Center. Professor Rodriguez-Vazquez is Fellow of the IEEE, and was co-recipient of the 1995 Guillemin-Cauer Award of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society and the best paper award of the 1995 European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design. He has been a member of various Technical Program Committees and has served as Associate Editor and Guest Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-II and the IEEE Press. He has authored or co-authored about 150 publications, and his research interests are in the areas of design of analog and mixed-signal VLSI circuits for nonlinear signal processing, including vision chips, neuro-fuzzy controllers, and chaotic circuits. His work in these areas have resulted in systematic design methodologies for these types of chips. He is also interested in the design and modeling of data converters with emphasis on LA techniques, symbolic analysis of analog integrated circuits, and optimization of analog integrated circuits. Current address: Dept. of Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design, Centro Nacional de Microelectronica, Universidad de Sevilla, Edificio CICA, C/Tarifia sin, 41012 Sevilla, Spain. Tel: +34-5-362-3811; Fax: +34-5-462-4506; e-mail: angel@cnm.us.es.

Fernando Vidal-Verdu received the licenciado en fisicas degree from the University of Seville in 1988 and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Malaga in 1996. His Ph.D. thesis was about hardware implementation of neuro-fuzzy controllers. Currently he is a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Electronics at the University of Malaga, Spain. His research interests include analog and mixed­signal IC design, and neural and fuzzy networks. Current address: Dto. de Electronica, Universidad de Malaga, Pza. EI Ejido sin, Malaga, Spain. Tel: +34-5-213-1390; Fax: +34-5-213-1413; e-mail: vidal@tecmal. ctima.uma.es.

INDEX

AID converter, 284 Accelerators, 3 Activation function, 81 Aggregation, 59, 70, 362 ALU, 242 Analog

Discrete minimax, 15 Fuzzy controller, 374

ANS (See Artificial neural sets) Antecedent, 265 Artificial neural sets, 393 ASR (See Autonomous response

system) Autonomous response system, 392,

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Bus, 222

Cell LR fuzzy, 93, 96

Cellular Dynamic system, 296 Fuzzy system, 296 Neural network, 296

Center of gravity (see COG) CMOS, 86, 287, 303, 362, 373 COA,269 COG,32 Compound MOS transistor, 367, 372 Compositional rule of interface, 262 Conjunction

of concepts, 125 Conjunctive unit, 73 Connected components detection, 307 Consequent, 268 Control system, 392

Data volume, 120 Decision-making unit, 400 Defuzzification, 16, 37, 101, 146, 212, 268,359,398 Degree of certainty, 316,330 Detectability, 332 Detection, 189 Disjunctive unit, 73 Divider, 287 Division algorithm, 253 DOC (see Degree of certainty)

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DSP processor, 338 Dual memory access, 341

Editor, 252 Entropy, 321

Fuzzy, 333 Extended flag encoding, 131

FAM (see Fuzzy associative memory) FCM (see Fuzzy C-means) Feature extraction, 312, 326 Feedforward, 65, 81 Filtered image, 305 FIPS, 3, 83, 175 FLIPS, 31 FPGA,232 FRPS, 5 Fuzzification, 315,328,359,398 Fuzzy associative memory, 312 Fuzzy C-means, 312 Fuzzy controller, 4

Analog, 374 Fuzzy cellular system, 296 Fuzzy entropy, 333 Fuzzy implication, 318 Fuzzy inference engine, 317 Fuzzy inference rules, 359 Fuzzy inference system, 358 Fuzzy inferencing, 329 Fuzzy label, 362 Fuzzy life, 299 Fuzzy logic, 2,28,209, 318

Controller, 392, 398 Fuzzy measure, 320 Fuzzy neuron

Reconfigurable, 57 Fuzzy number, 106 Fuzzy processing, 358 Fuzzy processor, 4, 302

Reconfigurable, 57 Fuzzy rule, 297

If-Then, 401 Fuzzy set, 28, 184, 259, 317

Level of, 264

Fuzzy wavelet analysis, 312, 326 FWA (see Fuzzy wavelet analysis) GA (see Genetic algorithm) General purpose processor, 118 Genetic algorithm, 336 Genetic based system, 214

HCMOS, 182 Homogenization, 216 Hybrid, 75

Identifiability, 332 Image filtering, 303 Image processing, 301 Implication, 69 Inference

Compositional rule of, 262 Engine, 35,317 Rule, 261 Unit, 126, 183 Value, 261

Inferencing, 97, 315 Fuzzy, 329

Information level, 333 Inner computation, 278 Intelligent system, 39 Interface, 67

JEDEC files, 239

Knowledge-based controller, 118 Knowledge system, 312

Learning, 50,62,71,225,289,315, 378,386

Off-line, 335 On-line, 334 Parameters, 387

Level of fuzzy set, 264 Life, 2 Loader, 252

Look up table, 239 LR fuzzy cells, 93, 96 Lukasiewicz, 132

Max-dot, 108 Max-min, 98, 127 Median-based method, 306 Membership function, 33,304,317,

373, 381, 404 Generator block, 288

Memory, 63 Management, 164

Microprogram, 251 Min-max

Discrete, 15 Model-based techniques, 312 Modifier, 122, 136

Between, 140 Transformation, 143 Translation, 141

MOM,32 MOS, 367 Moment, 272

Neural network, 296, 379 Wavelet, 325

Neuro-fuzzy system, 358,366 Neuron

Reconfigurable fuzzy, 57 Referential, 51

NMOS, 365

Parallel sorting unit, 170 Parallel transistor, 369 Piecewise linear, 161 Pipeline, 201 Processor, 119

DSP, 338 Product-sum, 269 Pulse stream, 284 PWM,285

Quotient, 208

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Radial basis functions, 379 Real time register transfer, 271 Reconfigurable fuzzy neuron, 57 Reconfigurable fuzzy processor, 57 Referential neuron, 51 Register transfer, 271 Reliability index, 330 Robot, 397 Rule base, 328

Optimization, 335 Rule chain, 105

S-function, 34 Series transistor, 368

. Signal processing, 313 Silicon compiler, 105 Similarity, 320 Singleton, 359 Singleton weighting, 377 Soft computing, 208 Stochastic logic, 284 Synaptic weight, 106 Systolic, 128

Time-scale representation, 322 Transformation modifier, 143 Transistor

Compound MOS, 367, 372 Parallel, 369 Series, 368

Translation modifier, 141 Trapezoid, 260 Triangular norm, 48 Turing universal machine, 298

Uncertainty, 208 Universal approximation, 320 Universality, 118

Verilog, 112 VHDL, 78, 172, 235, 302, 303 VLSI, 358

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VLSI neuro-fuzzy, 18

WARP,8 Wavelet

Mother, 322 Wavelet analysis, 323 Wavelet neural nets, 325 Wavelet transfonn, 322 Weight, 263,273

Perturbation method, 214, 292, 387

Z-function, 34